Muncie man arrested in rape investigation

10:53 PM,
May 19, 2012

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The Star Press

A Muncie man has been accused of sexually assaulting a female acquaintance in her West Charles Street home.

Benjamin Eric Turner, 48, 3501 S. Dayton Ave., was being held without bond Saturday in the Delaware County jail, facing a preliminary charge of rape.

According to a police report, an officer was sent to the alleged victim's home Thursday morning after she had failed to show up for an appointment. The officer reported the 40-year-old woman, who appeared to be intoxicated, said "there was a man she didn't know in her bedroom closet that was ...